| KRSONE | Sublime "And I know because of ___" (hyph) |
| MYGOOSEISCOOKED | "___; I know because I baked this bird for dinner" |
| BELAIR | The Fresh Prince of ___ (hyph. wd.) |
| JOHNPILLSBURY | Minnesota's eighth governor (1876-82), whose surname you know because he co-founded a grainprocessing business that's still headquartered in Minneapolis |
| TRIOS | Cream, Sublime, and Stray Cats, say |
| EPEE | Foil for riposte? It's between sublime and peerless |
| SKA | Genre for Sublime and No Doubt |
| AINTNOSUNSHINE | "And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know...", 1971 (4-2-8) |
| NOONEELSE | "We'll build a world of our own that ... can share; All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there; And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind; When we live in a world of our own" (2-3,4) |
| POET | "Yippee! I'm a ___ and I know it/Hope I don't blow it": Bob Dylan |
| MAEWEST | In 1940, which screen star said "I've been in Who's Who, and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary}? (3,4) |
| OURMUTUALFRIEND | Novel you and I know and like |
| APOET | "I'm ___ and I know it" |
| FATE | "I told myself it was because of ___,..." (AA Big Book, 4th ed., p.194) |
| WINN | 'Because of ___-Dixie' (Jeff Daniels film) |
| GOON | *"You're here, there's nothing I fear, and I know that my heart will ___ ___" |
| PETULACLARK | Singer of the 1960s hits Downtown and I Know a Place (6,5) |
| SAMANTHABEE | Comedian who wrote "Cracking Up" and "I Know I Am, but What Are You?" |
| CAKE | "That body looking nice, I got ___ and I know he want a slice" (lyric from a 2022 song) |
| SEXY | LMFAO's "___ and I Know It" |
